We Are Not Starving: The Struggle for Food Sovereignty in Ghana

by Joeva Sean Rock

Book Overview

This critical text is a timely ethnography of how global powers, local resistance, and capital flows are shaping contemporary African foodways. Ghana was one of the first countries targeted by a group of US donors and agribusiness corporations that funded an ambitious plan to develop genetically modified (GM) crops for African farmers. The collective believed that GM crops would help farmers increase their yields and help spark a "new" Green Revolution...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611864321
• ISBN13: 9781611864328
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"